----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Brogden" Subject: Re: how do you protect your work from inferior copies?
> How does the work for hire law work in Canada and the US? Does the > photographer automatically get copyright for her work, or does she have to > specify in the contract that she retains all rights to the negatives and > proofs and that the client is not allowed to have prints made? In Canada, in the absence of a contract, copyright is owned by the person who has paid for the pictures to be taken. Generally, this will be the client, as most photographers charge some sort of shooting fee. If there is a written contract, then whatever is in it will generally be taken as an agreement, though if the agreement is obviously unfair, the courts may overturn it. If it gets that far, it has become a matter of principle, not money. William Robb
